Alchemy

Seized be this spirit in a moment of dark despair
Absent of knowing God's light and ever loving care
Oppression dark upon my heart yet be lain
The shackle of emotion still held profane
This mind to silence the daunting echoes of a time past
And free this heart from binding chains cast
Memory called to free this heart this soul
Alchemy to ring its welcomed toll
I again in a golden light of faith and love
Served by truth and the majesty of heavens above
Clear be the messages of soul now heard
And known be the glory of God's Word.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Shadows Cast Gold, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2001, www.apogeeart.com

Special Announcement:
Read the Review of The Wind and the Willow
THE WIND AND THE WILLOW
Now available in hardcover and softcover directly from Publish America.
Click on title, place title in search bar of Publish America Entry Page.
Thank you for your order.
ENJOY!

All Sensibilities

All sensibilities known to me
From passion I shall not flee
The enchanted call of the divine
Heard within heart's chambers mine
This pulsing flame and fire
The throb of inner desire
With poet's pen a quest to write
Of the eternal now be day or night
With paint brush strokes of emotion
In glory and in reverent devotion
The silence filled by music heard
And so be known is the divine WORD
The Muse ever shall you heed
'Tis the echo of the creator's creed.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
The Soiree Society of the Arts
South Nyack Recital Series

In Tribute to the Celebrated Performances of

Amy Buckley, soprano
Kirsten Allegri, mezzo soprano
Carol Wong, piano

Robert Schumann
Viincenzo Bellini
Frederic Chopin
Alberto Ginastera
Mikhail Glinka
Gabriel Faure
Kurt Weil

February 28, 2009

Divine Frenzy, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2000, http://www.apogeeart.com

Lure Divine

Pangs of a ravenous hunger pulse within this heart
Chambers void and barren when from you I depart
Prods of passion to awaken this questing soul
Yield I to the echo, the chime of the calling toll
Ascent these waves of emotion cresting free
From this depth of knowing I shall not flee
Piano, piano each key a seductive lure divine
Touch, and be known this heart, this soul mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


In Dedication to Sandro Russo on the occasion of his performance,
December 16, 2008, Bechstein Salon, NY